They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark... St. George; Or, The Canadian League - Page 43by William Charles McKinnon - 1852Full view - About this book
| James Redpath - 1860 - 530 pages
...t!tr In a great cause : the block may soak their gore, Their beads may sodden in the sun ; their llmbt Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Jtlapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thought• Which overpower... | |
| 1861 - 356 pages
...Depending more upon the historian's style Than on the name a porson leaves behind. BYRON. They never fall who die In a great cause: the block may soak their...and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overl,ower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom!... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...that the sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail /. Ber. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though yean Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thought! Which... | |
| Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...generous soul, but not subdue. Waddimgton. They never fall who die In a great cause ; the block may seek their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun, their...and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts That overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.... | |
| Henry Solly - 1861 - 392 pages
...piety and freedom, or when her later ones fell in the same noble cause. Truly has it been said — They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block...soak their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun .... But still their spirit walks abroad .... . . . . What were we If Brutus had not lived 1 He died... | |
| 1861 - 584 pages
...—Who is the author of the following lines? — t " They never fail who die In a great cause. The blnck may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the...their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls," &c. JS [Lord Byron : Marino Faliero, Act II. Sc. 2.] WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. (2°* S. xi. 206. 253.)... | |
| Massachusetts. Governor - 1861 - 566 pages
...By their names, their character, their service, their fate, their glory, they * cannot fail : — " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block...may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the Bun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though... | |
| Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pages
...youth. By their names, their character, their service, their fate, their glory, they cannot fail ; — "They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ; Their beads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...So that the sacrifice ascend to Heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. ' But if we fail ? ' They never fail, who die In a great cause ! The block...and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world, at last, to freedom... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...youth. By their names, their character, their service, their fate, their glory, they cannot fail : — " They never fail who die In a great cause; the block may soak their gore; Their heads may sodden 6 in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirit walks abroad.... | |
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